Wrapper holder for coin-counting machines



April E. P. DONNELLAN WRAPPER HOLDER FOR COIN COUNTING MACHINES Filed Oct. 11, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet IN VEN TOR. Z'Zward/Pflmne/Zm- BY 9W ATTORNEYS.

P 1929- E. P. DONNELLAN 10,353

WRAPPER HOLDER FOR COIN COUNTING MACHINES Filed Oct". 11', 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M M e Ev ATTORNEYS. I

Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

' UNITE-D STA rEs EDWARD P. DONNELLAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD-JOHN- SON COMPANY, INCL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK;

VJ RAPPER HOLDER FOR COIN-COUNTING MACHINES.

Application filed October 11, 1926. Serial No. 140,757.

The present invention relates to an improved means forholding tubular coin wrappers for use in connection with coin counting machines of various kinds andtypes, but which is especially useful in connection with rotary disc types of. counting machines such as described and illustrated inprior United States Letters Patent $51,160,880, dated Nov. 16th, 1915, and #1,389,63a, dated September 6th, 1921.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a novel construction of rotatable Wrapper holding head having a plurality of tubular holders respectively sized to fit and receive tubular paper-coin wrappers of vari- Y ous diameters corresponding to several denominations of coin, such, e. g. as dimes, pennies, nickels, quarters and half-dollars, in combination with a pivotally mounted supporting frame or bracket, together with means to selectively adjust and-engage the tubular holders to and with-the discharge 7 throat of the coin counting mechanism, so that proper wrappers maybe positioned to receive the particular denomination of coin which is being counted by the machine at any given time. I

Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same,

The inventi'on'is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the novel wrapper holder head, showing the same as sembled or mounted in connection with a coin counting machine (the latter being shown in dotted outline), said wrapper holder head being shownin inactive position; Figure 2 is a similar view, showing the wrapper holder head in active position, with a selected tubular holder thereof operatively adjusted and interengaged with the discharge throat of said coin counting machine. v I

Figure 3 is a top end View of the wrapper holder head in inactive position, the discharge throat of the coin counting machine being shown in horizontal section; Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal, secti0n, taken on line 4P4: in Figure 3 and Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section, showing a selected tubular holder of the wrapper vholder head adjusted to and, operatively spectively'made of varying interengaged with the discharge throat of said coin counting machine.

Similar characters of reference are emplOyed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

' Referring now to said drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a supporting bracket of suitable shape adapted to be secured, in proper position, to the frame 2 of the coin counting machine. Said bracket 1 is provided with a pair of forwardly projecting perforate bearing lugs 3 disposed in horizontal plane, and in Which is supported a .vertical. pintle or shaft 4. i

The reference character 5 indicates swing-frame, having rearwardly projecting perforate pivotinglugs 6 fulcrumed on said pintle or shaft l. Extending forwardly or outwardly fro-m the swing frame 5 are a pair of vertically spaced carrier arms 7 Fixed in and extending vertically between the outer free ends of said carrier arms 7 is anaxle or shaft 8.

Rotatably mounted on said axlev or shaft 8 is the wrapper holder head. This wrapper holder head comprises an upper spider plate 9 having a central hub 10, and a lower spider plate 11 having a central hub 12; said hubs 10 and 12 being 'journaled on said axle or shaft 8. Formed in the uppersi'de of said I upper spider plate 11 are a plurality of sockets 13, in annularly spaced apart relation, said sockets'l3 co'rresponding in diameter to "the diameter of the free end of the discharge throat 1 L leading from the coin counting machine. Axially aligned with each socket 13, and depending from the under side of said upper spider plate 9, are bosses 15, between which and the lower spider plate ll extend the tubular wrapper holders 16. Said wrapper. holders are rediameters to correspond to the diameters of different denominations of coin," and so that-the same are respectively sized to receive and support the different sizes of tubular paper wrappers 17 corresponding to the several denominations of coin; said tubular wrapper holders 16 therefore comprise a dime holder, a penny holder, a nickel holder, a quarter holder and a half-dollar holder, respectively indicated by thereference letters D, P, N, Q, and H which are applied in Figure 3 of the drawings Said bosses 15 are provided with downwardly extending openings 18, the lower ends of which are of diameters corresponding to the inside diameters of the respcctive sizes of wrappers to be disposed in the respectively corresponding tubular wrapper holders aligned with said bosses, and consequently are of slightly less diameter than the inside diameter of the tubular w'apper holders, thus forming a wrapper stop shoulder 19 at the upper end of each said tubular wrapper holders. Said openings 18 are upwardly and outwardly flared toward the sockets 13, the upper ends of the same being oi": less diameter than the sockets 13 so as to provide an annular shoulder 20 within each socl'zt to abut the end of the discharge throat 14 or the counting machine, when the latter entered in any of s sockets. Said lower spider plate 11 is provided with downwardly directed outwardly flared openings 21 axially aligned with the respective tubular wrapper holders 16, to form wrapper receiving months in connection with the lower ends of the latter.

Said rotatable wrapper holder head, constructed as above described, possesses, in addition to its rotary movement on said axle or shaft 8, a limited downward vertical movement on the latter against the tension of a compression spring 22 interposed between the hub 12 and the lower carrier arm 7 of the swing frame.

When it is desired to move the wrapper holder head into active position, the swing frame is turned in the direction of the arrow in Figure 3 to bring the head under the discharge throat 14 ot' the counting machine, and at the same time the head is rotated on the axle or shaft 8 to align with said discharge throat 14 the particular tubular wrapper holder 16 corresponding to the particular denomination of coin to be counted by the machine. Assume, for example, that the coin counting machine is to operate to count dimes,which it is desired to pack in paper wrappers. The wrapper head is retated to align the dime wrapper holder D with the discharge throat 14, and to operatively interengage said dime wrapper holder D with said discharge throat 14, the wrapper head is vertically depressed against the tension 01 the spring 22, to swing the dime wrapper holder into alignment, and then released to permit upward movement thereof by the spring, whereby the free end of the discharge throat 14 is entered in the socket 13 until stopped against the shoulder 20, as shown in Figure 5. To further secure against displacement, the wrapper head in selective operative relation to the discharge throat 14, an additional latch mechanism may be employed if desired. This latch mechanism consists in a latch arm 23 dependent in front of the discharge throat 14 from a yoke 24 which straddles the latter,

the arms 25 of said yoke being pivotally connected with the sides of said discharge throat 14, so that said latch arm 23 may be manually swung upward out of the path of the wrapper head, but exteriorly and yieldably engaged therewith by means of pullsprings 26, when the wrapper head is operatively disposed in active position, all is shown, more especially, in Figures 2, 3 and 5.

The wrapper head having been disposed in active position in the manner above set forth, a tubular paper wrapper 17 is thrust upwardly in the dime wrapper holder 1) until its upper end is stopped against the shoulder 19. The counting machine is set in motion and the coins as counted thereby are discharged through the discharge throat 14 to fall through the openings 18 into the wrapper 17 until the latter is filled with the required number thereof, after which the filled wrapper is removed and closed, and replaced by an empty wrapper for repetition of the operations.

From the above description it will be clearly evident, that the novel rotary wrapper holder head provides a most convenient permanent fixture for coin counting machines of a character whereby a wrapper holder for any given denomination of coin to be counted and packed is quickly and easily made available; and, furthermore, the construction is such that the several wrapper holders for difierent denominations of coin are non-separable from the machine and cannot in consequence become mislaid or lost, but, rather, are always available for use. Other advantages inherent in the novel wrapper holder fixture will be apparent without specifically detailing the same.

When it is desired to bag coin, or otherwise continuously count the same into any other form of coin container, the novel wrap per head may be easily disconnected from the discharge throat'l l-and swung back out of the way to provide room for such other forms of containers, and access thereby to the discharge throat 14, all of which will be clearly evident from an inspection of Figure 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described my present invention, I claim 1. A coin wrapper holding means for coin counting machines, comprising a wrapper head having a plurality of tubular members variously sized to receive and hold wrappers for various denominations of coin, means to support said wrapper head for movement into active or inactive relation to the discharge means of a coin counting machine, means to rotatably mount said wrapper head on, its supporting means whereby rotation thereoi permits of selective alignment of its tubular members with the counting machine discharge means, and means to engage the selected tubular member of said wrapper head with said counting machine discharge means to hold the same against displacement when in use.

2. A coin wrapper holding means for coin counting machines having a discharge throat through which the counted coins are ejected,

comprising a swing frame, means for pivotally securlng said swing frame to the coin counting machine, a vertical axle supported by the free end of said swingframe', a wrapper head having a plurality of tubular members variously sized to receive and hold wrappers of various denominations of coin, said wrapper head having hub portions to rotatably mount the same on said axle, spring means cooperating with said wrapper head and swing frame to yieldably support said wrapper head for downward vertical movement on said axle, and said wrapper head having .at its upper end in alignment with each tubular member thereof sockets to receive the end of said counting machine discharge throat whensaid wrapper head is adjusted to selectively align a given tubular member with said throat.

3. A coin wrapper holding means for coin counting machines having a-discharge throat through which the counted coins are ejected, comprising a swing frame, means for pivot ally securing said swing frame to the coin counting machine, a vertical axle supported by the free end of said swing frame, a wrapper head having a plurality of vertical'tubular members variously sized to receive and hold wrappers of various denominations of coin, said tubular members having open ends and an internal annular stop shoulder to determine the position ofthe wrappers inserted therein, said wrapper head having hub portions to rotatably mount the same on said axle, spring means cooperating with said wrapper head and swing frame to yieldably support said wrapper head for: downward vertical movement on saidaxle when moving said wrapper head beneath said counting machine discharge throat, and said wrapper head having at its upper end'in alignment with each tubular member thereof annular sockets to telescope over the end of said counting machine discharge throat when said wrapper head is adjusted to selectively align a given tubular member with said throat.

4. A coin wrapper holding means for coin counting machines having a discharge throat through which the counted coins are ejected, comprising a swing frame, means for pivotally securing said swing frame to the coin counting machine, a vertical axle supported by the free end of said swing frame, a wrapper head having a plurality of vertical tubular members variously sized to receive and hold wrappers'of various denominations of coin, said tubular members having open ends and an internal annular stop shoulder to determine the. position of the wrappers inserted therein, said wrapper head having hub portions to rotatably mount the same on "said axle,-spring means cooperating with said wrapper head and swing frame to yieldably support said wrapper head for downward vertical movement on said axle when moving said wrapper head beneath said counting machine discharge throat, said wrapper head having at its upper end in alignment with each tubular member thereof annular sockets to telescope over the end of said counting machine discharge throat when said wrapper head is adjusted to selectively align a given tubular member with said throat, and auxiliary latch means connected with said discharge throat to additionally engage and hold the selected tubular member of said Wrapper head in operative assembled relation to said throat.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above- I have hereunto set my hand thislOth day of September, 1926.

EDWARD P. DONNELLAN; 

